Data Centers
From Up Against Reality by Chris Ippolito and Larry Bentley
June 2, 2026 · 34 min · Season 1 · Episode 137
About this episode
This episode explores the significance and impact of data centers in modern society.
They built the future in your backyard, signed an NDA with your mayor, and sent you the water bill. This week we force open the windowless boxes at the center of everything: data centers. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Kan Jam | Best game ever. Trust us. IBM 2321 “Noodle Picker” storage system | Wikipedia The ENIAC History | University of Pennsylvania SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) & ARPANET History Eddington | movie – official site Virginia Is The World’s Data Center Hub | vpm.org Two-Phase Liquid Immersion Cooling | YouTube Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting PODCAST INFO : Podcast Website: UpAgainstReality.com Episode link: https://upagainstreality.com/2026/06/02/data-centers/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170 RSS: upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality
People in this episode
Hosts: Chris Ippolito, Larry Bentley
Topics covered
- data centers
- technology
- cooling systems
- history
- infrastructure
Keywords
- data centers
- technology
- cooling
- infrastructure
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IBM, University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Is The World’s Data Center Hub
Products: Two-Phase Liquid Immersion Cooling
Books & works: ENIAC
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